Perspective

There’s nothing like standing outside in 99 degree heat speaking to a 4 year old — and taking her picture with her new camera — to give a bit of perspective.
I was so caught up in my thoughts about recommitting to the diet to lose an extra 5 pounds and how essential it is for [...]

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Recalibrating the Weight Loss Goal: New Goal = 120.

I am recalibrating my “ultimate” weight loss goal down five more pounds.  I know this indicates slightly that I may have gone off the rails a bit.  I am also sad it means I will not reach my goal weight by my birthday in five weeks.
I’ve been in basic maintenance mode for the past two [...]

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The Shadow Breakup

I never think that my friends are paying much attention to the small private moments I may share with someone in public — a glance, a level of comfort, things he says that imply something possibly deeper than whatever is on the surface.  I prefer to think it’s cloaked in the shadows, but they notice.  [...]

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Things That Suck — Not Throwing a Life Line

I had to call the developer a few minutes ago to break the news that I would not be saving him.  I bought him almost an extra week to find more money.  No success.
I thought that calling him personally was important — and I am an ass so I told him that.
He asked why we [...]

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Some Days, I Hate My Partner 2

BP flew back into town tonight. He and his assistant picked me up for a very late dinner so we could discuss an important agreement I had structured without him.
He was cranky as hell to begin with. He was clearly tired and ill. I suggested a national chain restaurant I know he [...]

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Fraud and Misappropriation of Funds

First, Anne Hathaway’s (ex)boyfriend, now this . . .
I just received a phone call from a client, who informed me that a mutual acquaintance (the professional who introduced us) used her credit card for thousands of dollars in plane tickets without telling her. She’s furious. She cannot get him on the phone. [...]

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Quick Thoughts: Overwhelmed, Happily

I am so very busy I cannot quite wrap my mind around everything that must happen within the next six weeks. My two week vacation — looks like it’s not happening. Instead, I am going to fly my mother in and spend a few days at the spa, which makes me so very [...]

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I Am Not Funny

I am not funny.  Occasionally, I say amusing things, but I am not funny.
I should remember this when I am speaking to a business associate who has absolutely no sense of humor.  Even my attempts at being funny fall flat when confronted with someone humorless.

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The Last Time I Had an Eating Disorder

Years ago, I traveled to New York with a model I refer to as “Q.”   I have very specific memories from that week — the show we saw at the Whitney, the photo shoot he did, the soundstage where my brother was “working” (where we just watched him smoke, drink cappuccino, and yell at people), clothes shopping [...]

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Politics: “It’s Time to Elect Barack Obama President”

As an Austinite and a woman, I have always revered Governor Ann Richards.
She was extraordinary and her loss has been enormous.
I just read an endorsement of Barack Obama by her daughter Cecile Richards on behalf of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund entitled What Would Ann Do?
In her famous speech at the Democratic convention twenty years [...]

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